Burroughs Corporation Records

ElectroData Division Records, 1952-1979

CBI 90

Series 36

Collection Size: 32.5 cubic ft. (41 boxes)

Creator: Burroughs Corporation

Prepared by: Susan A. Stepka and Caroline Gasser, February 1997; revised Carrie Seib, December 2003.

Acquisition: The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.

Access: Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright: The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation: Burroughs Corporation Records, ElectroData Division Records (CBI 90), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Historical Note

The ElectroData Corporation was taken over by Burroughs in June of 1956. ElectroData, originally a division of the Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation, was spun off and then went public. This acquisition gave Burroughs a good start in the computer industry as ElectroData had built the Datatron 205 and was working on the Datatron 220.

Scope and Content Note

Collection contains memos, reports, correspondence, and subject files and is arranged in series according to the origin or type of documentation. These series include:

Index Terms

Box and Folder List

Medium Systems Manufacturing and Engineering Records

Laboratory Notebooks

Logic Schematics (B205 & B5000)

Memory Schematics (B5000)

Technical Bulletins

Engineering Laboratory Books

Engineering Test Log Books

Technical Manuals (TM's)

Project/Progress Reports

Fred Kalbach Papers

Fred Kalbach and Norman Kreuder Papers

George Hare Papers

Lawrence Bewley Papers

Stromback/Merrell Papers

Engineering Technical Memorandum (ETMs)

Engineering Technical Reports (ETRs)

Duncan MacDonald Papers

Scrapbooks

Miscellaneous Subject Files